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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 4 The Man of Two Minds, Section 6 | Part 2, Chapter 5 Agassiz, Section 1 | Part 2, Chapter 5 Agassiz, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Holmes was eventually released from his commission and returned home. When he did he entered Harvard to study_________.
(a) Law.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Biology.
(d) Medicine.

2. Before the war, Holmes considered _________ to be the center of intellectual thinking, like his father before him.
(a) New York.
(b) Boston.
(c) Jamestown.
(d) Philadelphia.

3. Holmes sat on the Supreme Court for _______ years.
(a) 10.
(b) 16.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

4. Due to Henry James Sr.'s religious beliefs, his wife Mary Walsh had to resign her membership at the _________ church before their marriage.
(a) Scottish Baptist.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Swedenborgian.
(d) Lutheran.

5. Henry Sr. viewed _________ as he did everything, with a distrust of institutions.
(a) Government.
(b) Religion.
(c) Military.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry James Sr. became involved with all of the following religious groups except _________.

2. Henry James had a relationship with _________ who like him disliked institutionalization and systems.

3. Due to the ___________ whims of Henry Jr. and William led the family to move several times to various places in the world.

4. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was a(n) _________.

5. 12 years out of school, Holmes wrote an article based on ________, the idea that if one does his job correctly and with honor, one should be fulfilled.

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